The Blue Hills Reservation is one of the largest areas of greenspace in the greater Boston area, and although hundreds of thousands of people live within a few miles of it, the Reservation is not easily accessible by foot, bike, or public transit.

NepRWA is working with the Metropolitan Area Planning Council (MAPC) on a project that aims to create a continuous greenway corridor (or multiple) between Boston and the Blue Hills.

We are broadly defining a “greenway” as running through a corridor of open space where possible, separated from traffic to accommodate walking, cycling, and rolling. The greenway could be some combination of shared-use paths or protected bike lanes (with adjacent sidewalks).

We’re hoping this project can help fill a long-overdue gap in the network to allow more people to access the region’s largest public park by foot, bike, or other wheeled devices.

We need your input!

We’re conducting a survey to get local residents’ input. Let us know what you think about creating a Boston to Blue Hills trail! The survey ends on August 1, 2023.

Click here to fill out the survey and please share it with neighbors, family, and friends.